To the Congress of the United States of America.
The undesigned inhabitants of Franklin and Somersett Counties in the State of Maine would respectfully
represent that a mail route is very much needed between the towns of Farmington and
Kingfield runing through East. Strong the towns of New-Vineyard and New Portland to Kingfield^.^ twice a week
On said route there is now a three horse coach for the accommodation of passengers
runing on said route twice a week
Said route would superseed route No. 31 or the route from New vineyard to Anson which is about the same distance
of miles and the expence would not be increased to the P. O. department
The undersigned would therefore respectfully request that a mail route be establised and that the mail be carried through from said F said Farmington to Kingfield twice a week leaving Farmington Tuesdays and Saturdays
immediately after the arival of the Hallowell mail and carried throu^gh^ the same day and returning leave Kingfield Wednesdays and Mondays at oclock AM and that a Post Office be established at Strong to be denominated East
Strong P.O. And in duty bound will ever pray
Nov. 2d 1847F. V. Stewart Mail Contractor| Edwd N. Pearson | H. B. Stoyell. |
| Samuel E. Guild | S. G Ladd |
| J S Cutler | C N Bailey |
| Wm T. Abbot | Edward Butler |
| Edwin Ellis | Francis Backus. |
| John W. Perkins | Simeon Hardy |
| Charles. W. Hardy | Samuel Nevens |
| Israel Folsom | |
| A. B. Winslow | David Winslow |
| Henry Davis | Stephen Williams |
| Calvin Lane | |
| Amasiah Nevens | Parsons Jordan |
| A. M. Lambert | Benja Herrick |
| Thomas Lambert | Howard Herrick |
| Charles Davis | William M. Streetor |
| Zadok Davis | Adam Hunter |
| Lewis Guild | John Newell Jun. |
| O I Dyer | Robert Fossett |
| Albert Hardy | Seth Smith |
| Enoch Morrell P.M. Strong | Sidney Smith |
| Nathaniel E Wright P.M. at New Vineyard | |
| Noah Pratt | Ephraim H [Poitt?] |
| David Turner | David. W. Peabody |
| John Luce | Weymuth Dicken |
| George Morton | Richard [Adams?] |
| Wistley Paine | A B Morton |
| David Turner Jr | Ira Vaughan |
| David pratt Jr | John Y Luce |
| H W Pease | Samuel Hiscock |
| Benjamin J Morton | Henry M McLain |
| Thomas J Johnson | Abraham Toothaker |
| Daniel Wilcox Sr | William P. Allen |
| John J Stewart | Philander Butler |
| Ezra Staples | Plamentin Daggett |
| A C Swain | John. C. Stervant |
| Thomas Pratt | Wm A Everett |
| Daniel Vaughan | George Howes |
| Thomas W. Luce | Cyrus Firbush |
| Jeremiah [Pratt?] | Richard Taylor |
| Richard Pomeroy Jr | Jacob Taylor |
| Jonathan Lock Jr | James Ridgway |
| John McLain | Charles Mclain |
| Hugh. Stewart | Abr Porter |
| John Voter | Benjamin [Sourned the 3?] |
| Nathan Willcox | Hantson Haskett |
| Robert Anderson | Easty Voter Sr |
| Josiah Emery | Gilbert Hillman |
| Wentworth Ricker | William Morton |
| Joseph Vaughan | George Morton [2d?] |
| Calvin Jewett | Luther. T. Voter |
| Ephraim Hackett | John Ramsdell |
| Solomon Luce | Barak Record |
| M H Stewart | George W Morton |
| Jabez Vaughan | William Daggett |
| Isaac Cogswell | J H. Adams |
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Petition of F. V. Stewart ^& 105^ & others for a Mail Rout ^from Farmington to Kingfield Franklin & Somerset Counties^
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committee on Post office & Post roads.
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(H. Belcher Me)
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Petition of F. V. Stewart and others Citizens of Maine praying the Establishment of
a mail Route from Farmington to Kingfield.
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Dec 20 1847 Referd to the Committee on Post Offices & Post Roads
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Hiram Belcher
Handwritten Document Signed, 2 page(s), RG 233, Entry 367: Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents Which Were Referred to Committees, 1847-1849, NAB,